2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, Criterion, Leicester. Bright orange gold in colour. Aromas are earthy ripe apple with some woody notes. Flavours are sweet earthy apple with icing sugar and some citrus. Soft and then sour. Dry on the finish. OK.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap from bag (St. Urho’s, Helsinki)
7- very sweet, some egginess.
3 bright orange
7 plenty of fruitiness,
3 sweet and sharp. Good balance between the two, but sweetness wins
13 very reasily drinkable, maybe a touch sweet.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From the barrel at Battersea Beer Festival, 11 February 2010 at 6.8%. Badged as Original Cider Co - I wonder whether Broadoak have changed their branding? Orange colour. Decent fruit. Pleasant and easy drinking if not the most demanding cider.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. Orangeish golden colour, no head. Aroma is sweetish sour riped apple along with some wooden and vanillaish notes. Flavour is riped apples some wood and mild cheesy notes. Semidry palate.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: NOV 23, 2009 1. Cask Handpump at the Crown Inn, Stockport 06/06/2009
Fruity aroma. Orange coloured and a little hazy in appearance. Fruity with a slightly sweet lasting finish.
2. Cask Stillage at the Marble Arch Inn, Manchester 29/09/2009
Slight fruit and spiced aroma. Golden coloured and a little dry with some alcohol present. Crisp in the finish.
0.5 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 1/20
I can’t understand why anyone would want to drink this apart from the ABV, "fun" (?) gross artificial colour and the fact it is sickly sweet. Maybe the fact it is tasteless helps? It doesn’t help further the cause of real cider and perry.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
At the cider festival, the Royal Oak, Bath 13/06/09. Painfully bright orange - a rival for Thatcher’s Cheddar Valley in the colour stakes. Slightly tart apple aroma, followed by a sweetish flavour and finish. Ok.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask gravity at Luton BF ’09. Bright orange. Sweet slightly oily aroma of overripe apples. Sweet taste. No hint of astringency, sourness, dryness. Just sweetness. Fine if you’re in the mood.
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